There was a time — I suppose — when I was a little more excited about the political process.
Whether I have changed and become more cynical, or the nature of politics has changed I'm not entirely sure about, but I found myself remarkably UN-interested in the recent and ongoing debacle known as the US Presidential election.
I felt like I was presented with the choice between a boor and an increasingly senile (or cognitively deficient?) dude. Not pretty. Not pretty at all.
But what is a "President," anyway? A figurehead mired down in endless paperwork and regulations; the person who gets to be the but of jokes and abuse as a result of decisions made by other — and often invisible individuals who are pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Meanwhile, now it looks like the courts — rather than the voters — will ultimately decide who wins the election. How's that for democracy... NOT?
In a slightly eerie turn of events, Bernie Sanders predicted this very outcome on the Tonight Show, ten days ago. Pretty much down to the letter...
I guess it will be a while before all the dust settles and there's an actual firm outcome that's not still being contested.
But how much difference does it all really make?
I can't truly remember having been "better off" or "worse off" to any significant degree during my adult life... that I could directly attribute to the person sitting in the Oval Office. Whereas I was better off during the Clinton years (my taxes as a lower income individual were lower, and Roth-IRA's became a reality) I can't with certainty say that was due to who was President. Or maybe it was...
Maybe it's just not worth dwelling on.
These are such strange times in which we live, and sometimes it seems like the show is run by the true nutballs and fringe dwellers, rather than by reasonable and rational people.
Maybe the best we can do is just try to Zen with it all.
Besides... I'm honestly more concerned about how I'm going to pay next month's electric bill, than who's President!
Meanwhile...
I decided to power up another 200 Hive or so, because it seems to truly be "on sale" at the moment.
Although it's by no means perfect, I still think this is a pretty cool community, and I plan to continue being part of the scenery here for as long as there's "something" here.
A wise man once told me that "investing in the things you USE" was as sound a strategy as any. So I guess that's what I'm doing. Missed Hive Power Up Day by a few... but oh well. I'm not formally "qualified," anyway.
And with that, I'm going to go back to doing something that has nothing to do with politics...
Thanks for reading!
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